Authors: Dan Vesper
![Straight to the Mu’Fuckin’ Greatest: The Best Mixtapes of 2014](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/8683-image1071.jpg)
Straight to the Mu’Fuckin’ Greatest: The Best Mixtapes of 2014
For years now, some of the biggest game-changers in hip-hop haven’t been albums—they’ve been “mixtapes”—free, digital releases that may or may not have an annoying DJ who ruins the whole thing. These days, mixtapes are a necessity for staying relevant, which probably sucks for rappers, but appeals to the cheapskate in me. Everyone makes them, so there’s a lot to sift through. Luckily, SLUG has done all the hard work for you, and these are the 10 tapes from 2014 you need to know about.
![The Demonstrably Modest Isaiah Rashad](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/7305-Isaiah-Rashad-1.jpg)
The Demonstrably Modest Isaiah Rashad
I was gushing to Isaiah Rashad about his excellent new album, Cilvia Demo. A gauche, fanboy move I admit, but I couldn’t help myself. I went on about how there’s no filler, how it’s a “fully realized artistic statement” and so on. With all of that in mind, I wondered why he decided to call it an EP? … read more